The head of the Larissa Appeals Court Prosecutors’ office, Stamatis Daskalopoulos, on Monday officially requested that the Larissa Appeals Justices’ Council convene in full to decide on the appointment of an appellate-level examining magistrate to investigate the Tempi rail crash, due to the seriousness of the case.
Family members of two people who died in the rail collision in Tempe testified before the investigating Larissa prosecutor on Monday.
The Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY) announced a 24-hour nationwide strike in the public sector on Wednesday, March 8.
The Hellenic Fire Service has responded to a blaze that broke out near the town of Ierapetra on the island of Crete on Monday. Specifically, there are currently 43 firefighters and 12 vehicles on scene to tackle the fire.
Greek authorities on Monday announced that they had positively identified the remains of one of the 57 victims of the Tempi train crash, a 33-year-old man from Bangladesh, after his family came forward via a lawyer. Until now, it had not been possible to identify his body as there had been no comparative DNA sample.
The planned increase in the country’s minimum wage should not exceed 7.5% because it will disproportionally affect small firms in some of the country’s most important economic sectors, such as tourism, trade and manufacturing, a report submitted to the Labor Minister warns.
An unseasonably warm winter may be welcome to households struggling to pay the elevated cost of heating, but it may also spell trouble.
One month after a powerful quake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10% funded, hampering efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, a United Nations official said Monday.
The first clear signs of recovery in the banking system and its return to healthy organic profitability have emerged from the results for 2022, which will be the first profitable year after the last recapitalization of Greece’s lenders.
Greek rail workers went on strike for a sixth day on Monday to protest over safety conditions following a train crash last week that killed 57 people.